Gideon D. Bantz – Silver City Attorney
In 1889, Bantz was part of the legal team—along with Fielder & Fielder—defending a woman on trial for the murder of a man named Brown [1]. By 1893, he maintained an office “Opposite White Home Saloon” in Silver City, listing himself as “QIDEON D BANTZ Attorney at Law” in the Southwest‑Sentinel [2].
Sources
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-10-11 (1889)Fountain, Fielder & Fielder and Bantz. What lent so much interest to the case was that in the first place she was looked upon as a good looking, well-developed young woman of 30 years, with a bright and in…
- Image 1 of Southwest-sentinel (Silver City, N.M.), July 18, 1893 (1893) ↗ · details1 r V VOLUME XIX SILVER CITY NEW MEXICO TUESDAY JULY 18 1893 NO JO JJKIL W RIGHT Attorneys silver crrv new Mexico ilL L ANCIIKTA Attorneys and Counselors at Law Office to Enterprise BulldlnK SILVER UITY NEW MEXICO Will nrftftlro In all th f…